Wheat farmers sue Monsanto

Wheat farmers in the U.S. are frustrated with Monsanto Co. and they’re headed to court.

According to the suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, American wheat farmers and the Center for Food Safety claim that Monsanto is not adequately protecting the country’s wheat market from contamination by its unauthorized wheat. The suit seeks class action status.

The plaintiffs say they are being harmed by lower wheat prices as foreign buyers are reluctant to purchase U.S. wheat. This suit is similar to another filed last week by a Kansas farmer who claims he and other growers are suffering financial hardship after the discovery of unapproved biotech wheat Monsanto claimed it stopped producing nine years ago.

On May 29, the Department of Agriculture announced that an Oregon farmer had discovered the experimental wheat growing on his farm.